Weathering and Erosion

The movement of sediment is known as

• rock

• erosion

• soil

• sliding

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The smaller pieces of minerals and rocks produced by weathering are called

• sediment

• rocks

• sand

• chemicals

The breaking down of minerals and rock into smaller pieces by water, wind, temperature changes, and living things is called _________.

• runoff

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

_________is a mixture of sediment, water, air, and hummus.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the image?

• dirt

• soil

• sand dune

• delta

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

__________is the dropping of eroded sediment in a new location.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rain and wind carry eroded sediment to a new location. This is known as deposition.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A naturally occurring solid that is composed of one or more minerals

• gravity

• rock

• sediment

• flood

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the image?

• delta

• soil

• south pole

• glacier

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The area of land at the mouth of a river formed from deposited sediment

• delta

• glacier

• erosion

• weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2